QLD Child Protection – Update to Information Sharing Regime

Queensland, like many other Australian jurisdictions, made reforms to strengthen their child protection legislation. Part of the reforms aim to create an information sharing regime that holds the safety, wellbeing and best interests of children as paramount. This briefing paper covers notable features of the information sharing regime, including:

• clarifying what type of information can be shared
• specifying the purposes for which information may be shared
• clarifying when entities must share information with Child Safety Services and when they can voluntarily share information with Child Safety Services and/or each other